Literacy

Yesterday was World Book Day, as anyone with nursery or school aged kids most likely already knows. Ollie started nursery in January two days a week and has screamed and made himself sick every time he’s had to go in since. Forcing him to go went completely against my...

Here’s an idea Toby came up with by himself. He likes to spend ten minutes pootling about gathering up books and depositing them in the play tent. He’ll then retire to his ‘library’ for quite long stretches, looking at his books and playing with a toy he’s picked out...

On Friday Ollie was still suffering the tail end of chickenpox, so we went for some indoor fun, including making 3D letters by sticking down things from his craft box. The first one Ollie wanted to make was a T for little brother Toby. It turned out really well,...

Oh no! a bumpy lumpy hill! This afternoon our theme was the book ‘We’re all going on a bear hunt’ by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury. This is always a real favourite on our woodland walks. We changed the weather from ‘It’s a beautiful day’ to ‘It’s a cold...